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The Crown Inn, Newmarket
Ashley
Postal town: Newmarket
CB8 9DR
Served areas
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Crown
Update: Up seeing the rellies again this weekend and as Sunday was so glorious decided to decamp to the Crown to enjoy the beer garden.
Pleasantly surprised to find it no longer under the Greedy King Empire but operating as a Free House. Something that happened during last year apparently.
Four hand pumps are now on the bar with three in operation with ales from local breweries in the form of Mighty Oak IPA, Mauldons Pickwick and one called the Cure from the Shortts Farm Micro brewery in Suffolk.
The IPA and Pickwick were tried and found in good nick..
The pub has been spruced up a bit internally since my last visit but its basically the same as described below and the external enclosed garden is a great spot when the sun is out..
Nice to find this one still functioning well as a village local and now with something decent to drink instead of the ubiquoutous brews that GK flood this part of the world with..
29th October 2013:The Crown is a friendly village local located East of Newmarket in the village of Ashley. It is now the sole village pub after the Plough up the road shut down to reopen as a restaurant.
Externally it is an attractive red brick and flint building which dates back to pre-1700 when it was a farm building. Local records have it being sold in 1868 for £750 to a local merchant Samuel Turner who in turn sold it to Greene King in 1890 who then turned it into a pub..
Internally it is two bars separated by an open doorway. The front bar operates more as the public with a carpeted section in front of the bar and then a wood floor section with dart board and pool table to the side. And then the rear bar is more lounge like with more comfortable seating. Then at the rear of the pub is the car park and an enclosed garden and covered smoking area.
Have been in a few times over the years due to having relations in the village and it is a well run community pub which maintains darts, crib and petanque teams and hosts poker nights. The only thing that lets it down for me is that although there are a couple of hand pumps on the bar, it is tied to the evil Greedy King empire, thus the only offerings, although well kept, are usually GK IPA and Abbot.
On 9th September 2015
- rating: 7
[User has posted 2236 recommendations about 2098 pubs]
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Joe Derr left this review about The Crown
The Ashley Crown.. what to say.. The landlords Kevin and Shelia will have a fresh, crisp beverage of choice ready for you when you want it. The pub patrons are all friendly and will swap stories with you and have a good laugh. The Crown is a friendly pub with two resident cats Betty Boop and Memphis Belle, and a whole bunch of regulars. Pool, darts, and a juke box is ready to go if you fancy as long as there isn't a league in playing. We have called this our 'local' even though we lived in Red Lodge and even now in Thetford.. a local is where you feel 'at home' and people know your drink of choice.. Cheers to the Ashley Crown!
On 24th September 2010
- rating: 10
[User has posted 6 recommendations about 5 pubs]
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 29 October 2013 by Steve of N21
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 29 October 2013 by Steve of N21
- Car Park : Yes last updated 29 October 2013 by Steve of N21
- Darts : Yes last updated 29 October 2013 by Steve of N21
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 29 October 2013 by Steve of N21
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 29 October 2013 by Steve of N21
- Karaoke : Yes last updated 07 February 2015 by Dave McNally
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 29 October 2013 by Steve of N21
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 October 2013 by Steve of N21
